Bonita bought her mom a charm bracelet. Each charm is labeled with a one word message. What is the probability that the 5 charms were hung in the order: dream, believe, love, laugh, inspire?

The answer is 1 / 24. There's one out of 24 possibilities of having dream, believe, love, laugh, inspire in order.

We will use permutation in finding the answer. Permutation is a way, especially one of several possible variations, in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged. Since there are five choices, it will be

(5 - 1) !

4! or 4 x 3 x 2 x 1

Which is equal to 24.